The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1887-04-29

afsEeQuHed 70 register letters on application.
much unostentatieus giving, and T am tokf
that Hetty Green gives away eons:dersbIas
though she is very careful that ii e6es DO the
right persons. A*.AtI4Ss9 sfodw .585H
Mrs Green's chief ambition seems I'd be to
make money, and might add also to save it.
She is not at all extravagant, and there was
paragraph published not long ago which
described her as carrying a sum OF anonAylto
Philadelphia herself in order to save the
heavy charges which would have, been en-
tailed had it been sent in some other way.
She sometimes. carries fortunes in securities
about New York in a hand saehel, and uses
the street cars as eften as she does her car.
rfage. Mrs. Hopkins is thoroughly acquainted
with all the ways of business She has a
broad grasp of financial questions, looks after
her vast interests closely and drives a bar
4 gain with both tact and economy Miss EliS-
abeth Garrett was the confidential secretary
OF her father for some years before he died.
and she understands the value of Baltimore
and Ohio. railroad stock as well as any
man IN the country The richest widow in
colorado was the wife Of the late John W.
liiff, who was known some years ago ms the
cattle king of Colorado. Iliff left about
100000 head of cattle, and it is said that his
widow manages his estate as well as aly busi
ness man could. She went to Colorado as n
sewing machine agent, though she came of a
wealthy family and could have remained at
home doing nothing She there met Tiff and
married him. and doubt not the experience
she obtained in connection with. the sewing
machine aids her in the management of her
fortune. Speaking of cattle, there is a cattle
queen in Texas, near Corpus Christi Mrs.
-, l. L
ana who has many times as much stock as
job did in his most prosperous days Her
husband is preacher, but Mrs Rogers man.
ages the business. She sells the stock herself,
buys all the supplies and can ride a horse as
well as any Of the many COWBOYS whom she
has in her employ. Another cattle queen is
the widow of Gen. Meredith, of Illinois and
she breeds different kind of cattle fro1r Mrs
Rogers. Her stock Is of better grade
Meredith was worth about $500 900 along i'm
the seventies, but he failed. His wife took
what was left of the herd, managed it, and
made money. She was content with a good
round price for her stock, and she did NOT be-
lieve in owning $40, 600 bulls and $5, 600 calves
One Of the wealthiest women of Ohio is Mrs.
George Ward Nichols, who is said to have an
income of 100000. She is the daughter of
Joseph Longworth, and she is the founder
and proprietor of the Rockwood pottery.
which is now noted for its exquisite work
Inanship both in Europe and America. Mrs.
Nichols took up the pottery craze when it
came over the country few years ago. She
developed the art tastes Of Cincinnati and
established this factory. She works in it
about five hours daily, and is constantly at
work improving her ware. Her works sell
well in New York, and they have an inter
made 81 100000 in four years, and there is no
brighter business woman in the world than
she a 4$s $50 81 -E1-J
s The richest woman in South America lis
good business woman. She is Dona Isadora
Cousino, of Santiago, Chill. She got a big
fortune from her father and married another.
Her husband died, and she has now mil
lions of acres of land. millions of money,
hundreds of thousands of cattle.
coal, copper and silver mines,, rail
road and a fleet of iron steamships She has
an income of several millions year, and her
coal mines bring her in $50, 900 month. She
owns town of 1900 people, and pays out
800 1000 a month in wages. She has superin-
tendents for all her establishments and she
receives weekly reports from them. She is
sharp at driving a bargain, and, while she is
very generous, she requires a strict account
of every dollar made and spent upon her
estates. She is still under so and declares she
will never marry again. She understands
fortune hunters and fortune hunting, and is
satisfied to remain as she is. sA
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/ have said nothing about the rich married
women of the country-women who have
property in their own right-and I forgot to
mention among the rich unmarried girls that
E,,1s
Ga, is the richest negress in the world S 1t is
said that Miss Eubanks received S4OO,OOO
from the estate of q wealthy Georgia planter,
who died in 1885. leaving an estate OF about
$5e0,000. He had no children, but q large
number Of relatives. He cut off his kindred
with small sums and bequeathed the remain
der as above stated. Speaking of rich mar
ried women, many of our prominent public
men have added to their fortunes i,y good
marriages. Whitelaw Reids wife the
daughter OF n. @. Mills, is worth a fortune.
Mayor Hewitt, of New York. dates his pros
perity from the time he was made tutor to
Peter Coopel's daughter, whom he afterward
married. Senator Payne's wife brought con-
siderable real estate into the family and the
old Perry farm upon a part of which the
Payne homestead stands, is now in the most
fashionable part of Euclid avenue Secre-
tary Whitney married a prospective fortune
in Henry B. Payne's daughter, and Mrs
Whitney or her children will probably fall
heir to the dozen and more millions which
her bachelor brother Oliver owns Congress
man Hit. Of Illinois, got nice lot with his
wife, and John Hay was made millionaire
by his marriage with the daughter of Amasa
Stone. Congressman Tom Bayne, of Pitts
burg, has made good deal of money himself.
but hi wife, who is the daughter of Smith,
the partner OF Hostetter. who made the
stomach bitters, has a fortune which runs
high into the hundreds of thousands, and
Senator Hale's wife inherited fortune from
her father-Zach Chandler.
FRANK e. CARPENTER